French Restaurants

[Ryllharu]

No, I agree, going to nice places is good too.

However, after going to so many restaurants that charged a considerable amount per person (~$30+) and finding that the food cooked at home was better, I got disillusioned about "classy" restaurants. When you're paying premium for something that is cooked worse than a recipe out of The Joy of Cooking, it's just not worth it.

I guess I'm just low-bred and lacking refined taste.

[Board of Command]

No, I agree, going to nice places is good too.

However, after going to so many restaurants that charged a considerable amount per person (~$30+) and finding that the food cooked at home, I got disillusioned about "classy" restaurants. When you're paying premium for something that is cooked worse than a recipe out of The Joy of Cooking, it's just not worth it.

I just I'm just low-bred and lacking refined taste.

I know what you mean. My mom cooks better than just about every restaurant I've ever been to.

[David75]

So we're back to square one:
What can we do in order to find nice restaurants... and be sure we'll have better cooking than at home.

The michelin is a help for France. There's also friends, familly and so on if they live in the region you seek a restaurant.

But I understand what you mean, it's very frustrating to pay expensive rate for low quality experience. That happens a lot here too... most of the time because of an overhyped place that has everything in the looks, rather than quality of dishes...